1. All rules as outlined by the governing body for high
school basketball, the Texas UIL will be followed, with the following
exceptions and amendments.
* There will be two 14 minute
STOP clock halves.
If one team is leading by more than
20 points in the second half, the clock will continue
to run for the remainder of the
game. If at any time in the second half the team trailing narrows
the score back to 15 points or less, then the stop clock will resume.
* Clock stops on all injuries, and timeouts
* Boys grades 4th-6th will use the girls
ball.
* Game time is forfeit time. (Mitigating
circumstances may be considered in rare cases.)
* 3 full timeouts per game.
* 5 minute minimum pre-game warm-up
* Overtime will be two minutes stop time,
with one additional timeout awarded.
Timeouts do not carry
over from regulation time.
* 3 minute halftime break
*First team listed on the schedule is the home team and shall wear white.
In bracket play, the team
listed on top is home and shall wear white.
*Teams should have their "book" available
for inspection if requested by another coach.
Grade cards must be available
for each player. The only procedure to be followed for challenges is as
follows:
A. Challenging coach puts up a $50 challenge fee
PRIOR to the beginning of their game. The coach must designate
and challenge a particular player's eligibility, not the opposing team in general. If supporting documents on a player are not
available then the player in question is removed from the roster for the duration of the tournament,
or until supporting documents are provided. At that point, the challenging
coach receives his $50 back. If the challenge is deemed to have no validity, then the $50 will go into the Texas Basketball Inc.
general scholarship fund.
2. All games will be officiated by experienced officials, many who have
high school and college game experience.
3. Teams provide their own balls. NO LOOSE BALLS IN THE SCHOOL
AT ANY TIME!
4. Each team must provide either a clock operator or a
scorekeeper for every game.
5. Officials at their discretion may remove players, parents,
or fans from the gym for inappropriate behavior or poor sportsmanship.
6. Final rosters are to be set and turned in on the score
sheet for the first game of the tournament. Players may play on only
more than one team in the tournament. However, a player may NEVER
play DOWN in grade, only UP. Specific documentation must be
provided for that player and he must be approved PRIOR to the
start of the weekend's tournament for approval.
7. Tournament eligibility is grade based, not age
based. A player may play up in grade, but may not play down.
8. Schedules will be posted on the website no later than Wednesday prior to
the tournament. No games are played on Fridays, our unique format will
enable traveling teams to trim a night's accommodations off their expenses
if they wish. Out of town teams will start their first game at 10:10
AM Saturday or later, unless they request an earlier start time.
Local teams can expect to start at 8AM Saturday. This is a
feature unique to Texas Basketball tournaments.
9. No refunds are given for Acts of God, such as power
outages, floods, etc.
10. All decisions of the Site Director are final.
REFUND POLICY
1. Any team registering for a
single tournament and that tournament doesn't "make" in the appropriate
grade level will have their entry fee applied to another tournament of
their choice. Whether you have registered for a single tournament or
if you have registered for a package, any remaining
tournaments will be "banked" including over to the following season,
if necessary.
2. Any team registering for a
single tournament and find that they must cancel for some reason will be
handled as follows:
A) If notice is given 7 days
prior to tournament, tournament fee will be "banked" and may be used for a
future tournament. This can be used for later in the season, or in
the case of late season cancellations, will be carried over to the
following year.
B) If notice is given with less
than 7 days remaining from the tournament start date shall forfeit their
entry fee, unless Texas Basketball Inc. is able to locate a replacement
team.
**This
includes tournament locations that have to be changed or moved based
upon registrations at a particular grade level or an entire tournament
offering. Texas Basketball will give the registrant an update no later
than the Tuesday prior to the tournament.
eg.
A tournament in San Antonio may be combined with an Austin tournament,
or vice versa
THERE ARE NO CASH REFUNDS
Texas Basketball Inc. will do
everything possible to ensure that the guaranteed number of games are
played. However, we cannot be responsible for forfeits due to the
negligence of another team. These forfeited games (if any) will
count as part of the requirement. Please note that this rarely happens.
In the
spirit of making sure everyone gets value for their money and gets to
use it as expediently as possible if they have banked credit the amount
banked may also be used in our fall events, transferred to another team
(if you can find a replacement) or as tuition to one of our All American
Camps.
This is
our 8th year of doing business. It has been built on honesty, integrity
and giving folks a variety of basketball options to choose from.
Thanks,
Coach Max |
